By the numbers

(In millions of dollars)

Operations – Canada Post Group of Companies
  2022 2021 % changeFootnote 1
Revenue from operations 10,142 10,112 0.7%
Loss from operations (236) (196) (20.8)%
Operating margin (%) (2.3)% (1.9)%  
Net investing and financing expense (56) (50) (10.9)%
Loss before tax (292) (246) (18.8)%
Net loss (228) (187) (21.8)%
Cash provided by operating activities 300 664 (54.8)%
Cash payments for capital assets (585) (677) 13.5%
Financial position – Canada Post Group of Companies
  2022 2021 % changeFootnote 1
Cash and cash equivalents 1,220 1,331 (8.4)%
Total assets 14,387 11,516 24.9%
Loans and borrowings 998 998  
Equity of Canada 6,359 3,025 110.2%
VolumeFootnote 2
  2022 2021 % changeFootnote 1
Total volume – Canada Post Group of
Companies (in millions)
6,741 6,916 (2.1)%
Domestic Parcels decline
(Canada Post segment)
(17.2)% (3.9)%  
Parcels decline
(Canada Post segment)
(20.4)% (6.6)%  
Transaction Mail decline
(Canada Post segment)
(6.3)% (1.6)%  
Domestic Lettermail decline
(Canada Post segment)
(6.6)% (1.1)%  
Transaction Mail volume decline per address
(Canada Post segment)
(7.2)% (3.3)%  
Direct Marketing growth
(Canada Post segment)
2.1% 18.8%  
Canada Post Corporation Registered Pension Plan
  2022 2021 % changeFootnote 1
Pension assets – Fair value 29,554 32,387 (8.7)%
Going-concern surplusFootnote 3 6,535 4,826 35.4%
Solvency deficit – To be fundedFootnote 3 (1,695) (4,924) 65.6%
Employer contributions – CurrentFootnote 4 318 321 (1.0)%
Employer contributions – SpecialFootnote 4 32 32 2.6%

Canada Post Group of Companies

Revenue from operations

(in billions of dollars)

  • 8.7
  • 8.9
  • 9.3
  • 10.1
  • 10.1

Profit (loss) from operations

(in millions of dollars)

  • (82)
  • 7

Net profit (loss)

(in millions of dollars)

  • (93)
  • (14)

Labour costs

(percentage of revenue from operations)

  • 50.3
  • 49.6
  • 51.2
  • 48.3
  • 48.0

Employee benefit costs

(percentage of revenue from operations)

  • 18.7
  • 17.4
  • 20.2
  • 18.4
  • 15.8

Volume

(in billions of pieces)

  • 8.1
  • 7.9
  • 6.4
  • 6.9
  • 6.7

References in the Annual Report to Canada Post and the Canada Post segment do not include subsidiaries. The Canada Post Group of Companies and the Group of Companies include the Canada Post segment and its subsidiaries, which are Purolator Holdings Ltd., SCI Group Inc. and Innovapost Inc.